A draft call for papers including the (provisional) title of the special issue and outlining its subject, relevance and novelty, as well as the scope of articles sought for (including potential subthemes to be addressed in the special issue);Short CVs of the proposed Guest Editors (including contact information, major publications and editorial experience);
A 2-page statement outlining the state of research in the area and justifying why the special issue is needed and how is expected to entail theoretical, practical and policy implications as well as to attract a wide audience (ideally from various geographic areas and disciplines);
A proposed timeline for each stage of editing and publishing the special issue;
A list of scholars (including email addresses) who may be interested in submitting to, or reviewing for, the special issue.
Proposals will be evaluated with regard to the following criteria:
Fit of the subject with the scope of CGIR;
Potential to attract high-quality submissions;
Relevance and novelty of the topic;
Incorporation of relevant literatures;
Projected theoretical, practical and policy implications;
Attractiveness to a wide readership;
Outlined organization of the editorial process;
Overall significance of intended contribution.
Final decisions on proposals will be made by July 1, 2019. Authors of selected proposals will be invited to submit a full call for papers of their special issue by August 1, 2019. Submissions to the special issue will be made through the CGIR Manuscript Central website and be subject to the CGIR standard double-blind reviewing process. Guest Editors have to provide an editorial introduction to the special issue but should refrain from being involved in any regular submission to the special issue.
For queries about this call for proposals, please feel free to contact the CGIR Editors-in-Chief, Konstantinos Stathopoulos (k.stathopoulos@manchester.ac.uk) or Till Talaulicar (till.talaulicar@uni-erfurt.de), or the editorial office of the journal (CGIR@wiley.com).
Deadline for submissions is April 1, 2019